This rather damaged painting by an unknown 16th or 17th century artist re-creates an infamous legend from the history of ancient Rome. Specifically, it...
An unknown 18th-century artist created this painting of Saint Eligius, an altruistic artisan and bishop who lived during the time of the Merovingian Frankish...
This rather damaged painting by an unknown 16th or 17th century artist re-creates an infamous legend from the history of ancient Rome. Specifically, it...
Ovid (43 BCE-17 CE)
"What's ownership minus Possession?"
From The Amores (3.7.49-50) by Ovid, translated by Peter Green in The Erotic Poems (Penguin Classics, 1982).
An...
In this curious painting, the Danish artist Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (c. 1783 – 1853) re-creates a tale from the epic poem, The Odyssey, written...
Khubilai Khan was the Great Khan of the Mongol Empire from 1260-1294. During his early reign, Khubilai’s officials became interested in mining and processing...
